Maritza

Maritza is 38 years old. She is a widow with three children. She lives with them and her mother in Arizona municipality, Atlántida. Two years ago, she started her own business selling medicines and catalogue products like creams, lotions, and cosmetics. She has always worked in business. She has asked for a loan of 15,000 lempiras to buy more medicines like vitamins, pills, serums, antibiotics, injections, etc. to stock her business and to be able to attend to her customers better. Her goal is to provide her children with an education.

Additional Information

This loan is administered by Organización de Desarrollo Empresarial Femenino Financiera, S.A. (ODEF), a Kiva Field Partner in Honduras. A leader in the microfinance sector since 1985, ODEF strives to combat poverty by offering a wide array of financial services to low-income men and women. The organization works with its parent NGO, ODEF OPD, to provide training and technical assistance to impoverished microentrepreneurs. By incorporating the entire family unit in this process, ODEF OPD aims to improve the standard of living through the creation of profitable enterprises. Visit ODEF’s partner page for more information.